Growing Up Green Charter School

“The school uses adp total source ("adp"), a certified professional employer organization ("cpeo"), which provides professional employer services to the school. In the cpeo relationship, adp and the school share certain responsibilities and allocate other employer responsibilities individually. The school remains an employer of school's employees, and adp is a co-employer. The school retains and exercises direction and control over them and all their activities in school's workplace. Adp reserves a right of direction and control over employees as is necessary to fulfill its obligations and provide its services under an agreement between the school and adp. Fee paid to adp in fy2020 was $174,714.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by management and the finance committee of the board of trustees for approval. If changes are required, the school will then forward these changes to the professional accounting firm and a final version will be distributed to all board members prior to submission to the irs.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy applicable to all trustees, officers and key employees (if any). All applicable individuals are required to sign a conflict of interest agreement annually, disclosing any possible conflict of interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the trustees. A committee with board delegated powers decides whether a conflict of interest exists. After disclosure of all material facts, and after any discussions with the interested person, he/she shall leave the board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining disinterested trustees or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. The board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested trustees or committee members whether a conflict exists. Deliberation and decisions are recorded in the minutes of the board. Annual disclosure statements are reviewed annually by the audit committee.”

“The process for determining compensation for the organization's executive director includes the use of comparable data such as the form 990 of other organizations. The board of directors reviews the collected data and votes on the compensation. The process last occurred in 2020, and is documented in the minutes of the board.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 39-27 28th street, long island city, ny 11101, or by calling the organization directly at 347-642-4306.”

“The finance committee is responsible for oversight of the audit of the financial statements and selection of the independnet auditors. The process has not changed from the prior year.”